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own chart, the enemy's several ship 4 aground, and the tso ships which remlincd at ilia anchorage on the ni .rning of Ihe 12th. . . W it is considered how essentialtf this log dif: fe:s • yin the ship's log, and both of them from the document Lord Cochrane has furnished me with, I conceive not-much credit can be given to either. With regard to the reliance to be placed on the French chart, I have already observed, that Lord Cochrane declared before the attack that it was in- Correct. With respea to the position of the enemy's ships in the fflorning of the 12th of April, after 044 dispersion, h is so 'widely different from that in which they are placed in the chart which has been • delivered n, by the Master of the Caledonia and will be ,verified by the Master of the fleet, that it is hard ly to be supposed they relate to the same transaction. And it is very fair here to remark the fad acknow ledged by. Lord Cochrade, in his evidence, that he . erred no less than five points of the compass in the report he , made to me before the attack, of the di rection in 'which the French fleet . was moored in two lines from the Fort of Isle de Aix: Lord CoOli• rane has thought fit to represent that the enemy's three grounded ships which escaped from off the shoal of the. Pallas, were_lying so near together as to givetwo of them, which he states to be heeling inwards, the appearance of their masts and yards locking : this description of them is certainly well -- -calculated to. make a strong impression of their de fenceless state; but whatever may have been their appearance to his Lordship, such is not the fad ; for in reality,' they were - lying perfectly separate and Clear of each other, as is shewn by the afore-men tioned chart produced by the Master of the Cale . donia, as will also be proved by evidence. But what ever their situation might have been with resped to Proximity, I must here repeat, that they could never have been approached by, our ships within the reach bf 9ur shot, as Lord Cochrane has allowed in regard bf the Tonnerre, which was nearer, to our attacking force than either of the three ships in question. It now only remains for me to request the atten tion of the Court to some conclusions which I think flay be drawn from tlm whole of the statements I have submitted to the consideration of you, Sir, and the rest of the Members of this Honourable Court, and by which, with the additional evidence I have to andude ) it Will, I flatter myself, diStinaly ap pear " First, that during the whole of this service, the Most unwearied attention was applied by me to its Main object, the destruction of the enemy's fleet. " Secondly, That -in no part of the service was knore zeal and exertion shown, than during the whete of the t2th of April, when I had necessarily in view two objects—the destruction of the enemy's fleet, and also*the preservation of that under my Command; for the extreme difficulties in approach ing an enemy closely surrounded by shoals, and strongly defended by batteries; rendered caution in lily proceedings peculiarly necessary. " Th irdly, Teat three out of the seven of the ene- My's ships aground on the Palais were, from their first being on shore ; totally out of the reach of the guns• of any ships of the fleet that might have been sent in, and that at no time whatever, either sooner - A L later; could they have been attacked. Fourthly, That the other four of the eleven s nips of Which / the enemy's fleet consisted, were tie- Ver in a situation to be assailed after the fire-ships had failedin their tnain objet t." • . • Thege a r e th e po i nts on W hi c h I rest my tustifi 'cation, trusting that it will appear to the Court upon their review of my whole case, that I did take the Olost effectual,measures for destroying the enemy's fleet; that neither neg;ea nor unnecessary delay did take place ih the execution of this service and, oft th e contrary, that it was owing to the time chosen by are for: sending a force in to make. the at tack, that the service was accomplished with so I le!) , inconsiderable a loss. pursued any of the measures deemed praaicable and proper in the Judgment of Lord Coaratte, I am firmly persuaded the success attending this achievement would have Proved mare dearly bought than any yet recorded in Zur naval annals, and, far from acc om pli s hi n g t h e 41 9pes.of my Country, or the expectations of the admiralty, must have disappointed both.y :If such; t . 0 03 were the foundation othis Lordship's prospects, is j ust t h ey s h ou ld van i s h before the sup er i or con icierations attending a service involving the naval efiaracter and most important interests of the nation. conclude by observing, that_ the service actually Performed has been of great importance ; as well in its l i n Thnechat e e if e as, as in its ultimate. consequenc es ; e ° f : t tle Brest fleet is so reduced as to be no hanger e4 ive. It was upon this fleet the enemy relied for t h ,--e succour and prote4ion of their West India #e 2cmies ; and th e d e s tru ai on o f their ships was ~ " e ct in their own harboUr, in sight of thousands of French • and I congratulate myself and my country, that this important service has been effect -IJa und er Providencei with the loss only of t o men tilled, 35 wounded, and one missing, and not even one of the small est of our vesse l s employe d has beep disabled from Proceeding on any service that might Ave become neces sary. in' T The extent of difficulties and prospect of danger this enterprise were extreme, and the gallantry e nd det er mined spirit oithose enga ge d most conspi cnons. These merits, and those difficulties, ought pot to be depreciated on account of the inconsider able toss sustained on the occasion. Iby no means S e AL •-i% to arrogate to myself any merit by these ohser ations ; but I make them, as a tribute of praise due LO the zealous services of the brave officers and men 'cider my command, and with a view of pointing °flt how justly they are entitled to the gratitud e o f II lelr country. ' 1 [F or the p e.]roceedings of the, Court Marti a l y es t er d ay , see last Pag T UN. SOLIM QUIZ DICIRI 'ALIUM ♦UDIAT? L 0 2 - V D ON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1809. , r WE arp , happy to have it In our povier to lay be f° re out•' readers an authentic account l of the very aaion 'between the boats belonging to our `ttlatiron hi the &hie, and the Russian Flotilla, which ii miniloneki in the Goitenbtirgh About the commencement of last month the Rus siao Flotilla, having under convoy a number of vessels laden with • proviSioni and. animunition for the Russian army in Finland, took, on the approach of our squadron, a strong position under a point called Pencola. Each extremity of their line was flanked by a rock, on which guns were . mounted; and the Russians considered their position so strong, that they seemed to defy an attack. The British Commander, however, resolved to make the attempt, and on the night of the 7th ult. the boats of the Ini placable, Bellerophon, Melpomene, and Prometheus were Manned, and proceeded to attack the Eilemy,• under the command of Lieut. HAWKY. As soon as our boats approached the enemy's line, a very heavy fire was opened from the Flotilla and from the rocks 5 our boats advanced rapidly, and did not return the fire until they were close. in with the Flotilla; our gallant tars then poured in their fire, and immediately boarded the Flotilla, and, after a severe contest, car ried &x out of eight of the Gun-boats, of which the Flotilla was composed; and sunk one. Each of the Gnu-boats was armed with a 32 and 24-potindei, and had 45 men on board. The twelve vessels un der convoy of this Flotilla were all taken. We regret to add, that Lieut. HAW KY was killed by a grape-shot, after he had taken . one • of the gun-boats ; Lieut. STEELING of the Promethen s,was so severely Wounded, . That he died soon after the action. Our lots was 'l7 killed, and 37 wounded. The Russians had 63 killed, 127 taken prisoners, among whom were 51 wounded, and several were drowned in attempting to escape from the vessels. ttre:cab wily relieve public expectation at present, respeeting the Expedition, by stating, that a Vessel arrived yesterday at Yarmouth, which left the First and Second Division on , Satufday night . safe off Flushing. Admiral GARDNER'S Division was within a short distance. We are every moment in expectation of receiving further intelligence respecting this most, importa n t enterprize, in th e success of whiCh, not only Great Britain, but all Europe, are deeply interested ; and our Readers may be assured that we shall present the information to them as soon as it arrives. Yesterday Dutch Papers to the 26th ult. reached town. They. contain an account of .a successful at tempt made by the FrenCh General PENOT, upon the town of St. Felen de Quexols in Spain.; it is ad . &pitted, however, that the Spaniards deleaded them-' • sekeigallantly ; . the French have also taken Palamos. - BUONAPARTE has issued orders to the French Bi shops to 'Offer 'up: thanksgivings for•the viaories of Enzendorf and Wagram ; in these 'orde'rs he makes use of the following extraordinary language :-- "Though'o' in- Lord Jesus Christ Spfang from the blood of David, he sought no worldly empire ;on the Contrary, •he required that in concerns of this life men should obey Caesar. His great ObjeCkwas the deliverance and salvation of • goo's. We, the inhe ritors of Caesar's power; are firmly .resolved to main . fain the independence of our throne, and the inviola bility of our rights. We shall persevere in the great work of the restogation of the.worship of God we shall' communicate to its Ministers that respeEtability • .• which we alone can gi ve them : we shall listen to their.voice in all that concerns spiritual matters and affairs of conscience.—We shall not be drawn aside from the great end which we strive to aitain, and in which we have hitherto succeeded in part—the restoration of the altars_ of our divine .worship'; - nor suffer ourselves to be persuaded, that these principles, as Greeks, English,' Protestants, arid Calvinists of are inconsistent with the independence" of Thrones and Nations. -God has enlightened us e nou gh to remove such errors far from us. Our subjects entertain no such' fear." YeSterday a Gottenburgh Mail arrived. The fol lowing are the articles contained in the. Stockholm Gazette. We are happy to find that ,the new Swedish Government begins to feel the advantage of British alliance, arid hope that our naval forcein the Baltic Will soon afford the country more substantial aid against its powerful enemies. STOCKHOLM, JULY ao.—Some English ships of war cruizing in the.Gulph of Finland, have inter cepted ser•en gun-boats and 20 transports, laden with provisions'foi the Russian army a&ing against ',Swe den. The Russian fleet are. all ready for sea, and outside ofi the booms at Cronstadt.... Sir J. SAUMA.• REZ is afraid they will haul into, the harbour when ,he makes his appearance. The answer of BUONAPARTE to the King of this country was, that he would not di&ate any particu lar measures for the new Government of Sweden to adopt ; but admonished them to use all their wisdom in embracing such means as were, most likely to give prosperity to their country. His Majesty's cutter Tilsit, sailed with the Eng lish Messenger for the Continent. We have not yet received any further intelligence from the army, and must therefore suppose that no operations of any nnvortance have taken place. .Lieutepant-General Count SCHOMiTLT has been ap.point(l.l General of his Majesty's armies, and is tof be entrusted With an important thilitary com maud. A VAL fs E " : PORT AUG. I.—His Majesty's ship Dci:- liegal has detained and sent into this port the Vroiv Alicia, Elizabeth, and rime GebrOderr, from Boar deatix, laden with wine, bound' to London. Arrived the, S peedthell, iron) Bristol; and 'the YOUNG, from GuernSey. Sailed the Acorn, WilliainSon, Three Sisters, Hick, Fre derick, Taylor, Active, Lainb, Parr, Wilton, John And Mary, Button, for Sunderland; Borough; Patter Son, tqi NewcaStle; Eliza, Betts, for Jersey ; „Flora, Neptune, Hutching,;, George, Rasiter, add Little. Artlitir, ----, tor London, CowES, Abo'usT t . foreign dhip, from tour deaux, is rioW passing through our Road, with wine, detained by his Majesty's brig bertei:ous ; and a large Atherican ship is just coming to anchor, froth Charleitown, with a cargo Of rice And staves--out 30 days. DEAL, AUG. I. Arrived from the-River, the Britahnitt, MASON; and Traveller, COLLISdN, for Gibraltar; the Tottenhani, YOUNG, for Barbadoes ; and the Hope, HENDER6ON, from Nova Stotia, for London. , SCARBOROUGH, J6LY3 I.-=Arrived an . English cut; ter from Gottenburgh, which landed a Mail about six o'Clockthis morning. HARWICH, AUG. 1. — Yesterday sailed the Baltic convoy, wider charge of his Majesty's Ned Elvin, This day sailed the Lord Duncan packet, for Heligo land, with an Hapoveriail messenger on board. CORK, JULY 28.--The fleet of transports which We stated to have been spoken With off thiS harbour, arrived -on 'Wednesday evening. It consists of 6o sail, and left Lisbon abtiut a month back. Those. transports are ordered 'to. receive troops immediately. Several of them are hauled up close to the beach and 'quay at Cove, .to receive horses .with 'more conve nience and fadility. A division of the Drivers Corps marched out: from this garrison to-day for embark ation. .We are'yet ignorant of the precise - feginients ordered for service and to - embark at this port ; but we. understand that at least a regiment of cavalry will form a part, of the. force now in preparation .here. HULL, AUGUST 1,--"the following whale ships have arrived at this port .from . Greenland Rosa, i 8 whales, 300 httlS of blubber; Persever ance,—HuNTEß; tg whales; 260 butts ; Truelove MILNER, -12 whales, 260. butts; Walker, SADLER, 23 whales, 520 butti:;:Aurdra, SADLERIB - I,vli . a!es, 470 butts; it - whales, .360 bntts . ; ftl.xtE, 9 - whales, 320 butts ; lentine, ROSE' t 6 . wfige,s,._36o butts. Tr E TH,EATRM—A new Musical, Piece, of a se rious nature, but relieved bY some comic scenes, was brought - forward last night, at the. Haytnarket Thea tre, under the tilleAaf The Vintagers. It is by no niqans 'without interest, though it has nothing very striking Or novel, blit"itis lecoi:iirnended by some very pleasing music, composed by Mr. iitsilop, and is 'well supported by the Performers iii general.--It was announced for this evening with geticral appro , - • , _ VAWOETT was to" commence his career at Edin burgh on Saturday la4t, 'in the -pants of ,011apod and Caleb Quolern. )2ha - Tragedv of Macbeth we find, is announced for the opening of Covent Garden Theatre, but we do not understand , that the terrific heroine of the piece is to be repiesented by CATALANI. She has, however, had such a powerful operation upon the Proprietors, that she may well be ccittsklered as one of the 2.vitchts. STEPHBN KEMBLE and his wife have - heen per forming at Newcastle, where it is probable that the former will resume his theatrical management, on account of the adverse fortunes' which have marked the career of MA6hEADY. , . It is said that the person who for some_ time has conducted the English Paper published in Paris, un• der the title of The Argus, is now in .this metropo lis. The Argus was constantly filled with the utmost abuse against this country and its Government, and ARTHUR O'CONNOR' was generally understood to be a.very aaive.contribntor to it. As it is impossible that the Editor of such a Paper can have come 19 Engtand tsith any good design, it is to be hoped that Government will keep a vigilant eye upon his move, ments, THE ARTS.—Mr. \VESTAL!, has .just finished a beautiful Drawing, on the subjeet of CHRIST bles sing the Children. Tlic charader of our S,r,iour 'is given with appropriate mildness and dignity. The Apostles, and the spectators in general, who attend the interesting scene, are admirably grouped, and marked,with striking and varied expression. The band of children who . 'receive the blessing "of their Lord, present the most pleasing assemblage of ob jects that can be imagined, and the several gradations of parental tenderness and solicitude are displayed with admirable skill, and profound knowledge of hu man nature. The scenery and costume are exact, beautiful, and picturesque, and the whole copposi tion is calculated to raise the reputation of the inge nious artist; high as it is, in general estimation. The critic in ieyv . ing this beautiful Drawing, and refieCting upon the awful nature of the subject, must be surprized of the variety of powers which the At tist possesses, comp:l . ring the preseta Work, with the 'rustic simplicity, wtlich i zed his excellent piaUre of the in s id e o f a C o t tage in Lancashire, and the epic grandeur he displayed in his ad:: i able representation of one of the compartments o f 'h e Su' ELD of - Act; iLLEs, all:otw, the chief ornaments of the &la! AcaLletny at the last Exhibi. (ion, • COM:410IY COUNCIL: A special Meeting of the Corrimon Council took place yeSt e rday, i n , consequ e nCe of a requisition frOM several 91,0 w Members. , The LonD Mai of produced a letter froth James Dixon the Oentleman wlio on a former oc; casion had given notice of his intention to maize a motion for rescinding the vote of thanks to Mr, Wardle. Mr. Dixon in this letter eipressed his sUrprlie that a meeting should have been precipi tately called on the subjeek, as i t was his wish to 'await the issue orate prosecution which Mr. Wardle had announced his design of bringing tor Ward in vindication of his condu&; respecting the dernaticL •of Mr. Wright, the Upholsttrer ; and Mr: Dixon conceived that' the matter alluded to would be de 7 termitied' ddring the period which was generally considered as a recess in the Common Council. In coriclusiOn, he signified, that as the discus.siGn was thus hurried forward, he did not think it necessary or proper for him 10 attend it. Mr.AILLga then arose,, and after expreSsing his regret that the person -who had originally given no. (ice of the intended motion was not present to sup port it, and making a few observations in defence of it, concluded with moving, the vote of thanks by the Court, April 6, and to be transmitted in a gold box, have been found, from recent circum stances, to be unadvised and pre'rnature, and that it is the opinion of this Conrt that it ought to be'ex punged from the minutes. Mr. GOODBEIIERE vehemently opposed. this ma- • tion, and alleged, that Mr. Wardle had been pOt to considerable exOence for the means of obtaining information respecting' the Parliamentary Inquiry, and declaring that his private conduct and character bad nothing to do with the question ; for however bad his private character may be, the p u bli c were not the less indebted to him. Mr. Goodbehere de precated an iniestigation into private motives and, attacks upon priVate charaCter, hut attacked the me- • mory of Mr. Pitt, because he Wa3 No disinterested as 16 die in a state of insolvency; and accused Lord NelsOn'of having lived in " open and avowed adul tery." He concluded with proposing an amend ment, purporting 4‘ that the Court saw no leason rescind the vote of April . 61h, Bte." and then sub- ,‘ mitted a long string of violent Resolutions to the Court,' consisting of the old common-place topics of ministerial corruption, &c. Mr. Box spOke against this amendinent, and Mr. GRIPFITH in support of it. "Mr. WAITHIIAN warmly - defended the motion, and, after Rfefessing that as Mr: axon was absent, he should treat his character wish deiicacy, proceed ed to utter" the grossest persorplities against him, accusing hitt of " cant, hypocrisy," &c. &c. Mr. S. Dtxo . l4 called him to order, but— . Mr. WAITHMAN resumed the subjea, and lavish ed a torrent of abuse against Ministers; and the So ciety for' the Suppression of Vice, and threw out strong insinuations against Alderman Birch, Mr. S. Dixon, , and others. Mr.' S, Drxort deprecated ,the introduaion of . such topics, and challenged any man to meet him fairly on the subjed to which Mr. Waithrnan had so illi berally alluded: - Mr. MAWMAN very properly called the attention' °lite Court, to the purport of the meeting, vit the motion for rescinding' the. thanks to Mr. Wardle,' &c. and protested against the introdudion of the , Resolutions brought forward by Mr. Goodbehere; He-afterwards observed, that ihbse who pretended' to be of no party, seemed anxious to throw the govern ment of the country into the hands o f Mr. Vrardle and hill party. Mr. MaWman concluded with an amendment; signifying that theie was no reason to rescind the vote of thanks. Mr. S..DION supported this amendMent;• in op position to the mass of, irrelevant Matter brought forvvard by Mr.-Waithman and his party:, At length the question was 'put, whether the Re solittion or the Amendment should be the motion. The Lord Mayor, on a shew of hands,. decided in favour of the Amendment. A division' was called for, when there appeared—For Mr. Alderman ,Good behere's Resolution, 3 Aldermen, .54 Commoners, 2 Tellers-sg. Against it, t •'Alderman, 5 i Com moners, 2 Tellers-54. Mr. Alderman's Gboilbe here's Resolution was, of cburse, carried by a ma: jority of five. _ . It-should.,bck observed that none: of Mr. Wardle'', friends at the Meeting ventured to utter:a word dis trusting the, 6./idenCe brought forward against him on the:re,cent trial,„ or impeaching the verdict of the Jury. • . . • AS WILLIAM CoßßETT‘was so' eager to raise a subscription in favour of Miss TAYLOR, because he thought that she was persecuted and oppressed, it is , to be hoped that the enemies of persecution:and-op pression will institute a subscription in behalf-of the poor woman and her son, who, as appears by the de cision of an honest .Jury, vvere so cruelly treated by WILLIAM COBBETT. Major CART.WRIHT some part in the subscription for Miss TAY.Loist A asitl surely he has too' much public virtue to cieclirte ing equally, aaive in 'behalf of poor Mrs. BuLpEt6 and her son, ' , who were imprisoned by, tlirt!•,7.oll:/i3s champion fur liberty . ,W It was lately, the fashion among the 11Qc04.4.iecu::- to wear brass toof ,bit it has been laid.aSide, ao not improi,:rly, as they tiave brass enoui6li, at ;Ike. 'other extremity. , • Coiu EXCHANGE, AUGILST 2.—The supply al Wheat to-day Is Short, and prime samples fetch a small increaie in price.; Barley likewiSe, and in' ve ry short . supply; : in Malt and Pease, little fluCtua, tion ; Beans of the two kinds support last prices 3, there are several Foreign arritals of bits, and chi's trade may be expected cheaper; Flour this w(ek 5s per sack dearer, and fine American 50s. to . 54i. per barrel. Wheat - 763 a gos a 1005 Fine ditto - 15225 a 105 s Rye - - 4 0 5 a sat; Barley - -' - 3G5 a 43 5 Malt - 723 a 80s White Pease - gos a 1210 S Grey ditto - 465 a szs Beans - 57 5 a 635 Tick Beans - -44 s a, cns Oats - -24 s a 2.. r:,. a 33s Poland ditto - - '3tis Ix 39s Potatoe ditto - —.s Itape.Seed - - 481 a 5 2 1! Fine Flour - Xos a bss Seconds -75 s a Atutiitan—i - Gottenburgh, t Waterford. Ditz—l Gotien • 6t2rgh, t Makta; taWaterford. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS PAY AT TWELVE &etc:pm Consols I Rea. Ann. 68 LUtuniurn - r pr.